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Patrick O'Brian

"...I have had such a sickening of men in masses, and of causes, that I would not cross this room to reform parliament or prevent the union or to bring about the millennium. I speak only for myself, mind - it is my own truth alone - but man as part of a movement or a crowd is indifferent to me. He is inhuman. And I have nothing to do with nations, or nationalism. The only feelings I have - for what they are - are for men as individuals; my loyalties, such as they may be, are to private persons alone."

-- Patrick O'Brian

#Loyalty Quotes #Men Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“When you tell filthy jokes as if they were all really serious, and happening all in the life of one family, it becomes a farcical situation. Imagine if you had a script that was imposed on your life - we all do in a certain way, from society, or family, the need to make money, biology, death. But you will have a certain latitude, or freedom, to read the script in your own way.”
“In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.”
“Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat you badly and eventually you will be unemployed. And if you're a little better than competent, everyone expects miracles from you, every single time. Like most of life, it's a no-win situation. And if you dare to mention it, no matter how creatively you phrase your complaints, you are shunned as a whiner.”
“A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.”
“If I had lost a leg, I would tell them, instead of a boy, no one would ever ask me if I was 'over it'. They would ask me how I was doing learning to walk without my leg. I was learning to walk and to breathe and to live without Wade. And what I was learning is that it was never going to be the life I had before.”

Source : Elizabeth Edwards (2010). “Resilience: The New Afterword”, p.80, Crown Archetype
“A pure woman is better than a hundred yogis. Women are more open to love God.”
“The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.”
“We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.”

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